Washington, DC, and states across the country are heightening security and preparing reinforcements this week ahead of potential armed protests from Saturday up to at least Inauguration Day on Wednesday.
400 receive COVID vaccine here Wednesday
Cold temperatures did not deter 400 senior citizens from taking part in the first mass COVID vaccination clinic organized by the local health department here on Wednesday.
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) volunteers manned a registration station outside Forest Capital Hall, passing out clipboards and pens, directing patients where to park and asking them to complete the necessary forms and wait for their allotted time before entering the building.
Once inside, those registered to receive the vaccine were welcomed by additional volunteers and staff, who reviewed the paperwork and helped answer any questions.
The next stop was one of three nurses’ stations, where the vaccines were administered. Those receiving vaccinations received a quick jab in the arm before they were asked to sit in one of several chairs placed a safe distance apart in a makeshift waiting area on the former armory building’s main floor.
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Monaco is a former Obama homeland security and counterterrorism advisor and career prosecutor
Inauguration rehearsal set for Sunday has been moved to Monday due to security concerns
Biden s team had also canceled an Amtrak trip from Wilmington to Washington and the capitol will be flooded by 20,000 troops by Wednesday with thousands already in place
FBI director Christopher Wray revealed agents are seeing an extensive amount of concerning online chatter about a number of events surrounding the inauguration
Officials have warned of plans for armed protests in Washington and all 50 states and activist groups have been concerned about the potential for violence
Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building on Jan. 6.
Despite days of widespread incitement on social media in advance of the insurrection encouraging extremist Trump supporters to assault the U.S. Capitol, law enforcement was unprepared and overwhelmed.
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a security failure, an intelligence failure or both.
How could security forces in the nation s capital be so swiftly and completely overwhelmed by rioters who stated their plans openly on a range of social media sites? President Trump had even tweeted on Dec. 19: Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!